Srinagar, Jan 16: The much-awaited Covid-19 vaccination drive commenced on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir along with other parts of the country. Top health officials said that the drive has commenced and around 4000 health workers were vaccinated on day 1. The inaugural event of the drive was held at SKIMS Soura where Advisor to […]
Srinagar, Jan 16: Seven Deputy Commissioners were among thirteen officers transferred by the government in the interest of administration with immediate effect on Saturday. According to an order issued here, Bhupinder Kumar (IAS), Mission Director, National Health Mission, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla. Anshul Garg (IAS), Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, has […]
Srinagar, Jan 16: Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, has reopened for traffic after remaining closed for six days following the sudden collapsing of a key bridge’s retaining wall in Ramban district. The authorities have also decided to restrict the traffic on the thoroughfare to one-way only and […]
Awantipora, Jan 16: Police claimed to have arrested 5 youth who were indulged in pasting threatening posters. According to police spokesperson, on 13 January 2021 some threat posters of the militant outfit were found pasted in Seer and Batagund villages of Tral area. He said upon the said incident case FIR No.04/2021 under relevant sections […]
Srinagar, Jan 16: A police officer died of cardio-pulmonary arrest here in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Police sources said that an Assistant Sub-Inspector, posted at Shergari Police Station was shifted to SMHS Hospital after he complained of chest pain. The police officer died in the hospital while the cause of his death is attributed to cardio-pulmonary […]
Srinagar, Jan 16: The Srinagar-Jammu highway is likely to be opened for traffic after six days of closure as trial run on the Bailey bridge was completed on Saturday afternoon. The thoroughfare, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, was closed at 6:20 p.m. on January 10 after the retaining wall […]
Bandipora, Jan 16: Two persons were injured after a load carrier they were travelling in plunged into a river jhelum near Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS said that a Bandipora -bound tata mobile (JK15A 5193) met with an accident after the driver purportedly lost control over the vehicle near […]
Srinagar, Jan 16: Crime Branch Kashmir on Saturday carried searches at the premises of several travel agencies in connection with a case registered by it regarding the sale of air tickets on highly exorbitant rates in league with airlines staff. The case— FIR (03/2020)—was registered by the Crime Branch last year after different travel associations […]
Srinagar, Jan 15: Five more people, two of them women in 50s from Kashmir Valley, succumbed to covid-19 in J&K in the last 24 hours, taking the fatality count 10 1920, officials said on Friday. Officials said that three of the victims were from Jammu division and two from the Valley— a 55-year-old woman from […]
Srinagar, Jan 15: The department of information and public relations, Jammu and Kashmir Friday dis-empaneled around 10 newspapers in Kashmir for not following the proper “rules and regulations” of newspaper publication. Joint Director Information said that there were many complaints received by the Directorate of Information against some newspapers published both in Jammu and Kashmir […]
